Saw set



P. MORIN.

SAW SET.

APPLICAUON FILED MAR. 29. |920.

Patented May 1.6. 1922.

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SAV? SET.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, ll-nunon MORIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Saw Sets, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to saw-sets` and,

more especially, to improvements to the implement of this type illustrated and described in United States Patent lele.y 736,534.- issued Arugust 1S, 1903, to Joseph `Morin.

The object of my improvements is the perfecting of devices f this character to render the same 'more serviceable and convenient to operate and afford regulating` means whereby saw-teeth may be more uni* formly set to predetermined extents and more expeditiously than hitherto.

The invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts as will be hereinafter described and claimed. l

In the accompanying` drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a saw setting tool embodymy improvements.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the tool shown applied.

The reference numeral 5 designates the stock of the implement, preferably of a rectangular bar shape.

The front end of said stock is formed to provide an anvil having` a face 6 rectangular to the longitudinal axis of the stock and a bevel face 7 in a plane inclined from the surface of the face 6.

Rigidly secured to one side of theforward portion of the stock. and forming` therewith the tool-frame or body, is abraclret member 8 of an inverted U-shape with one of its legs, as 9, extending downwardly and terminating, as shown, in a block element 10. This block element is disposed at a distance from the body face 6 to afford a slot 11 in front of the latter to receive a saw blade, as indicated by broken lines t3 in Fig. 2.

12 represents a block constituting a swage with respect to work juxtaposed with the anvil face 6, said swage being provided with an upwardly extending arm 13 which is pivotally connected to a stud 14 protrudingI from the upper portion of the bracket member 8.

peciication of Letters Patent. Patented Maly i6, 1922 Application filed March 29, 1920.

Serial No. 369,521.

le represents leaf springdisposed longitudinally upon thel stock and has its rear end secured to the latter by means of a screw 16. l A forward curved'end 1,5 of the sprn'ig engages against the swage arm 13 to yieldingly hold the swage, as shown in lug. Q, away from a saw against which the stock face is placed.

included in the invention are wings comprising plates 17 secured to the ends of a rod 18 which extends through and is rotatable in a transversely arranged hole 19 provided in the stock member 5. A set screw 2O engaging,` in a threaded hole provided in said stock member serves tosecure the rod 18 in a position to present the under surfaces 21 of the wings above the anvil and at a distance from the angle 22 between the stock faces 6 Iand 7 lequal to the distances from the points of the respective cutting teeth whereat they are to be bent to afford the requisite set.

For operation, a saw S is held in a vise, the stoclr 5 of the device is grasped in one hand of the operator and an ordinary hammer, as H, is taken in his other hand. The operator then places the implement overthe saw which extends upwardly through the slot'11 until arrested by the wings 17 contacting with the teeth of the saw as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. lThe implement is then brought into position to present a tooth against the face 6 whereupon the operator delivers a blow with the hammer against the swage 12 thereby causing the referred to tooth to be bent at the angle 22 and against the anvil face 7 to elfect'a desired set of the tooth.

T he alternate cuttingteeth throughout'the length of the saw or, at least, those requiring to be set are successively treated in the same manner, the saw is then turned around in the vise and the remaining` cutting` teeth are similarly set from the other side of the saw.

The construction and operation of the invention will be understood from the foregoing' description.

lit is to be noted, however, that the wings when seating upon the points of the teeth at opposite sides of the one which is to be set obviates any possibility of the implement being;` held in an inclined or tilted position toward either end of the saw and whereby in the setting of the teeth the same are bent squarely, so to speak, and ensures the work being properly accomplished with greater facility and uniformity than would otherwise obtain. The use of the spring l5, moreover, tends to expedite the operation by reason of its normally retaining the swage l2 in a position whereat there will be no interference between the swage and the teeth when shifting the implement from one tooth to another without the necessity of the operator withdrawing, with one of his hands, the swage clear of the teeth when adjustably moving the device.

It has been found, furthermore, in the practical use of the device that tooth setting is more efficiently accomplished when momentum may be imparted to the swage before encountering a tooth to deliver a forcible striking blow thereto rather than having the swage be primarily in contact with the work.

What I claim, is-

l. In an implement of the character described, the combination with the implement body comprising stock and bracket members rigid with each other, one end of said stock being provided with two plane surfaces in angular relations with each other, and a swage pivotally connected to said bracket body consisting of stock and bracket meinbers, one end of said stock members being provided with an inclined anvil face, and a swage pivotally connected to said bracket member, of a bar rotatable in a hole eX- tending` transversely through said stock member, wing plate elements secured to the ends of said bar at opposite sides of the body, and means engaging said bar in selected rotary positions to the stock member for securing said plate `elements at substantially right angles to the planeoi said anvil face and at a selected distance from the lower edge oi such face.

Signed at Seattle Washington, this 23rd day of March 1,920.

PHILIACE MORIN. Witnesses:

Piumini BARNES, ELIZABETH JOHNSON: 

